first edition Hardcover
1987
by Pastor, Robert A.
Princeton University Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Eight pp. photographs and illustrations, with a map of Nicaragua. Princeton, New Jersey First edition. The author, who directed Latin American affairs for the National Security Council from 1977 to 1981, makes a valuable addition to the literature on U.S.-Nicaraguan relations. He provides an insider's view of how Latin American policy was made; an analysis of what might have changed the outcome in Nicaragua; and how the United States should deal with future succession crises. Inscribed by Pastor to U.S. Ambassador Philip C. Habib on a prefatory blank leaf, with a typed letter signed (TLS) from Pastor to Habib laid in. A renowned career diplomat, Habib (1920-92) was an authority on Southeast Asia, President Ronald Reagan's personal representative to the Middle East, and a special envoy to some of the world's most dangerous flash points. In 1982, Habib was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.
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